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Jabberwocky

name
/ˈd͡ʒæbɚwɔki/US

Etymology

The name of a nonsense poem from the children's book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872) by Lewis Carroll. Apparently based on the Jabberwock, the monster described therein, with the suffix -y in imitation of classical epics such as the Odyssey.

Definitions

  1. A nonsensical poem that appears in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

  2. Invented or meaningless language

    Invented or meaningless language; nonsense.

    • "I like the way your mind works, Hosler," Stanley said. "You go after concrete proof of your contentions - none of this scientific jabborwocky."

  3. meaningless, worthless

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. absurd, nonsense, nonsensical

      • Only the Pet Shop Boys can sing jabberwocky lines like “I thought I heard a train/Down in the cemetery/Cellophane” and make them sound sexy and evil.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA